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Sunday, October 30, 2011

BEWARE.....,YOU GOBLINS LURKING BEHIND.....,come forward...., You Do Not see my lovely hat with Wings that stretch forever................,you and your kind who mean to do ILL..... ,will be ripped to Shreds....,and Torment and fly, you No Longer Will !!!!!!!!!!!(^j^)

DON'T JUST STAND THERE....HELP ME GET THIS DAMN PUMPKIN OFF MY HEAD....LOL...

See that Captain Doug......has left us.......I wish him the ABSOLUTE BEST!!!!

As for me....I am THANKFUL for all my friends..here....and yes "AVIATION" Is the THEME here........But today...there are other modes of flying(hence AVIATION theme...continues.)......ha ha....and though most(people, countries...etc...) probably do not celebrate the Halloween day....I love for the Good spirit it holds....!!!!!

but don't cross me....LOL

read the messages on these old vintage cards, please....

Turns out...they Ring True....!!!!!any one who visits...please come back when you have time....my Sick days are OVER!!!!

and if you don't come back...I would like to think it's because I pissed ya off......"Righteous"....(thats a joke...(for the most part...LOL)

Saturday, October 22, 2011

A comment was left from a post of mine dated August 8, of this year....the comment from dear friend "Mr. Istanbul Airside".....asking/wondering the relationship between the 2 airlines on the postcard.......

By shear luck, I was surfing away...and 'WALA'.....the explanation/answer to Mr. Istanbul's question....I guess I could ask.......what are the chances of that.......must be destiny.....even gives the Tail# of the Boeing 707 TWA's (N763TW)

Please click the web-site below(Vintage Postcard Gallery) for the answer....

below I copied and pasted the comment he left back in August....Love it!!!

The above web-site....named "PERIOD PAPER"......A gift from my Dear friend..."Mr. Istanbul Airside"....it is a treasure trove of Lovely old Aviation ads(and adds for everything, possibly be, for the first half of the last century.......(1900's)....and my head is spinning as I go page to page.....so at page 15...I can not resist posting this absolute...Antique/Aviation Treasure....

-worn A380MSN001rolled out a hangar in Toulouse, France yesterday sporting a newly installed Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine. The powerplant, rated at 84,000lbs of thrust, will continue to advance Rolls-Royce's certification program for the new engine, which will eventually power the Airbus A350 XWB. The 118in (300cm) diameter fan of the Trent XWB-84 is only slightly larger than that of the three 116in (294cm) Trent 900s that are flying along side the XWB-84.

A shrunken A350-800, whose service entry has slipped to mid-2016, will be powered by a 75,000lb Trent-75, though the type has seen asteady flow of customers awayfrom the variant.

For the A350-1000, a first engine run of its 97,000lb thrust fan is expected in mid-2014, with entry into service to follow three years later. The 2017 availability allows Rolls to incorporate technology from itsthree-shaft Advance3 engine designinto the enhanced Trent XWB, though the improvement in performance on the A350-1000 has also drawn the ire of some customers.

Enders, byhis own acknowledgement, has made a"big jump" in technologywith "a lot of unknowns" on the A350, which, at the insistence of customers, was required in 2006 to abandon its original composite wing and A330 metallic fuselage design. Enders' attitude about the -1000 is illustrative of the balancing act the airframer must walk between not increasing the complexity of its own engineering and production operations - thus driving up its cost - while managing the high expectations of its biggest customers.

Though Enders has drawn a line in the sand, tellingFlight Internationalthe A350-1000 will not be changed to appease individual customers: "For us, that is the solution," he said. "We're not going to redesign it every half-year."

Friday, October 14, 2011

Deregulation was not kind to TWA . Operating a wide array of domestic and international routes, TWA proved an attractive target. In 1985, corporate raider Carl Icahn beat out Frank Lorenzo to win controlling interest in TWA . In 1986 Carl Icahn used TWA to buy Ozark Airlines . All Ozark employees were given jobs at TWA with their full “date of hire” seniority from Ozark Airlines . Icahn took the company private in 1988, a move which burdened the airline with large amounts of unsustainable debt. To offset its financial troubles, Icahn began selling off TWA 's routes to other airlines. Routes to London from various American gateways were sold to American Airlines and USAirways . The losses continued, however. In 1992, the airline filed for bankruptcy, but managed to continue to stay afloat. TWA emerged from bankruptcy but remained a mere shadow of her former self and in early 2001, TWA - the airline which began life as Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) almost 76 years earlier - was finally sold to American Airlines . TWA was for many years the largest airline in and out of New York . Yours truly, had the honor of flying as Captain, the last TWA departure out of New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport. I flew aircraft 9624 from JFK to St. Louis on August 24, 2001. TWA flew her last flight under her own name and call sign on December 1, 2001.

The link just below......"CHASING THE 787 ABOVE THE CLOUDS....."...this is Not a "sim" video....check out the cool double tail lights....Worth the watch.......This video got the "getjets" seal of approval.......why??...just like Moma said..."because I said so"....ha ha

Thursday, October 6, 2011

I THINK IT'S SO HILARIOUS!!!!!AND TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER...THIS WAS A TIME WHEN "QUICKIE"...ACTUALLY MEANT WHAT IT SAYS...... "ANYTHING" DONE IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME....NOT JUST.........well .........have a nice day:)

to those who just want to see "how far they can pull a Jack Ass without a rope"

It's a damn good thing Columbus discovered the earth was Round and not Flat.....otherwise I would still be kicking those people off the edge.....into eternity....and as a disclaimer.....been on the edge myself.....

Again, Happy Columbus Day!!!!!!!

PS.........this rant is for entertainment purposes only...and should not be confused with Real World events....can't change History....:))))))))))

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

THROWN TO THE SIDE....THESE STAIRS HAVE MANY STORIES TO TELL...I CAN IMAGINE THAT THE STEPS ARE WORN....AND STILL HAVE THOSE LITTLE BUMP THINGS SO YOU DON'T BUST YOUR ASS WHEN IT'S SNOWING....

ALSO..THE SIDE HANDLES....I'll BET THERE ISN'T ONE SMIDGE OF RED PAINT LEFT AT THE VERY TOP OF THOSE HANDLES FROM THE BOTTOM ALL THE WAY UP THE STAIRS.....WHERE PEOPLE HELD ON AND THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS....KEPT THEM MOVING ON UP!!!!!!!

THIS IS NOT A PIECE OF TRASH TO BE CAST ASIDE.....BUT IT WAS CAST ASIDE....

MISSTWA

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I SUPPOSE ONE DAY, I'LL KNOCK THAT "CHIP" OFF MY OWN SHOULDER WHEN IT COMES TO TWA....BUT NOT TODAY.....BUT NOTED

TAKE A MOMENT, WON'T YOU...... TO READ THIS SHORT ARTICLE ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE!!

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport celebrated the inaugural flight of China Cargo Airlines on Friday, September 23. This was Lambert's first all-cargo flight direct from China with the landing of a Boeing 777F. The new route will also be served by 747-400F aircraft.............................

About Me

I am an "Aviation Gypsy".....!!!!......Who Misses TWA Airlines...hence my blog name.....
with a Very...... (And like my Dear friend Dave)says.....an
"Unhealthy" Passion for Aviation.....Especially the "Airline Industry"!!!!!!
Who misses the Romance and Glamour of the early days of flying....when "flying"....was as much a part of the the vacation......as the destination......And also to make ya smile or even "LOL"....at some of the silly things I do!!!